A HEROES SALUTE FOR A FALLEN SOLDIER. GOOD EVENING I'M MELISSA FRY. AND I'M ADRIAN WHITSETT. STAFF SERGEANT BENJAMIN PRANGE IN AFGHANISTAN IN LATE JULY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ALEXANDRA STONE HAS MORE ON BENJAMIN PRANGE'S LIFE AND LEGACY. THOSE WHO KNEW BENJAMIN PRANGE SAY HE WAS A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN, MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, PRANGE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN ON HIS THIRD DEPLOYMENT WHEN THE VEHICLE HE WAS RIDING IN HIT AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN JULY. TODAY, DOZENS CAME TO THE LINCOLN AIR BASE TO HONOR THIS FALLEN HERO. A HERO MADE HIS FINAL RETURN HOME TODAY.BUT ITS NOT HOW HIS prange - he gave the ultimate sacrifice. )PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS ARRIVED AT THE LINCOLN AIR BASE BEARING FLAGS ALL TO HONOR THIS FALLEN HERO...A NEBRASKA NATIVE(MIKE BESTWICK, SENIOR RIDE CAPTAIN we ride to honor and respect ...these guys that come home ) STAFF SERGEANT BENJAMIN PRANGE RECEIVED A SOLDIER'S SALUTE. A RIDE THROUGH LINCOLN BROUGHT PRANGE TO THE FUNERAL HOME.. PRANGE'S UNCLE WAS THERE FOR HIS NEPHEWS RETURN had good times, he was always happy, I just I miss him HATFIELD HAS A SON IN AFGHNISTAN. SHE CAME TO PAY RESPECT TO PRANGE.( MARGARITA HATFIELD - you're so sad. for the loss of another family ..) 40 RIDERS CAME TO SHOW SUPPORT...FOR PRANGE'S SERVICE. AND FOR THE SOHM, RIDER - we are always here for them. not just today THE RIDERS WILL RETURN FOR THE FUNERAL ON FRIDAY. IT'S A DAY KENNETH PRANGE isn't READY FOR(its just been really hard. The hardest thing to come is going to be friday.") THERE IS ALSO A MEMORIAL FUND TWO BOYS. YOU CAN DONATE AT ANY FIRST STATE BANK LOCATION. AND TOMORROW VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACING FLAGS ALONG THE PROCESSION ROUTE THROUGH LINCOLN. IF YOU WANT TO HELP, YOU CAN GO TO THE LINCOLN MEMORICAL PARKING LOT AT 4 TOMORROW

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